Impact of Hypoglycemia on Health-Related Quality of Life among Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Thailand

Table 1

Patient demographics by occurrence of hypoglycemia in previous 6 months.

Variables	No hypoglycemia ()	Hypoglycemia ()	value
Male, (%)	228 (50.8)	93 (46.0)	0.272^a
Age (years)	66.20 (9.59)	63.94 (10.65)	0.008^b†
Duration of DM (years), median (IQR)	10 (5, 15)	10 (6, 15)	0.531^c
Height (cms)	160.5 (8.4)	160.3 (9.3)	0.746^b
Body weight (kgs)	66.5 (12.9)	65.2 (14.5)	0.134^b
Did not take physical regular activity, (%)	156 (34.3)	86 (42.8)	0.038^a†
Alcohol consumption, (%)
Never	318 (69.6)	149 (74.5)	0.030^a†
Occasionally	116 (25.4)	45 (22.5)
Daily	1 (0.2)	3 (1.5)
Unknown	22 (4.8)	3 (1.5)
Low-sugar diet, (%)	214 (47.6)	116 (57.7)	0.018^a†
Weight change in previous 12 months
No change	87 (19.3)	42 (21.1)	0.798^a,β
Gained	158 (35.0)	65 (32.7)
Lost	192 (42.5)	85 (42.7)
Unknown	15 (3.3)	7 (3.5)
Waist circumference (cm)	92.4 (10.1)	91.0 (11.7)	0.119^b
SBP (mmHg)	135.7 (17.1)	133.5 (17.6)	0.128^b
DBP (mmHg)	74.5 (10.2)	73.4 (9.8)	0.186^b
Hypoglycemic agents, (%)
Sulfonylurea (SU)	93 (20.3)	45 (22.3)	0.604^a
Combination of SU and metformin	364 (79.7)	157 (77.7)
Macro- and/or microvascular complications, (%)	99 (21.7)	38 (18.8)	0.407^a

^aChi-squared test or Fisher exact test as appropriate; ^bindependent sample -test; ^cMann-Whitney test. † indicates statistically significant difference between the occurrence of hypoglycemia groups ( value < 0.05). ^βOnly known data used for analysis. Data are the unless otherwise specified. Abbreviation: SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.